‘If someone did that to me…’: Ex-AUS star on Krunal’s send-off to Pollard – Hindustan Times

As Lucknow Super Giants piled additional distress on Mumbai Indians by extending the 5-time IPL winners’ dropping streak to eight video games, Krunal Pandya made positive that he gained a nip and tuck contest with former teammate Kieron Pollard. The Baroda all-rounder returned with three/19 with Pollard being certainly one of his plucks. The West Indian perished after scoring an uncharacteristic 20-ball 19, and Krunal jumped on Pollard’s again and planted a kiss on his head. (IPL 2022 Full Coverage)

Pollard walked off with out reacting to his buddy’s antics however many followers felt that his gesture was a bit an excessive amount of. Talking about duels, the cricket world witnessed a not-so-pleasant duel when Wahab Riaz bowled thunderbolts in opposition to Shane Watson through the 2015 World Cup quarter-closing.

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Watson, who’s at the moment serving as Delhi Capitals assistant coach, recalled Wahab’s fiery spell and mentioned the Pakistan fast would’ve by no means given him a send-off like Krunal. The Australian additionally mentioned that he’d lose his cool even when a ‘good mate’ celebrates in that vogue.

“There is definitely no way that Wahab Riaz is going to kiss me on my head after that. It was a quarterfinal and that was a big battle. Even at that time, he had emotions that still haven’t changed,” Watson advised the Grade Cricketer’s YouTube channel.

“If someone did that to me after they bought me out, oh jeez, even when it was mate, I will probably be doing nicely to not lose it. It is rubbing salt into the wound.

“With Wahab Riaz, that was self-inflicted as a result of I did sledge him earlier than when he was batting. That was self-inflicted and so, I did completely deserve all that got here my approach that sport,” he additional added.

Watson, who additionally confronted a deadly Shoaib Akhtar in his greater than a decade-lengthy cricket profession, mentioned he wasn’t “silly” to sledge the Pakistan speedster. “With Shoaib Akhtar, I wasn’t that silly to sledge him when he was at his prime,” mentioned the Australian.

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